An ensemble of ten fuse movement and dialogue in this intriguing world premiere theatrical hybrid that explores the continual impact of childhood experiences on our adult lives as Quincy, a precocious 11-year old seeks to understand what she’s inherited from her absent father and neglectful mother. Featuring music composed by Julia Kent and Son Lux.
Need to know
Grade 9 and Up
This dance-theater piece takes place in OBERON, and is appropriate for mature high school students age 14 and up. It contains strong profanity and intense subject matter (including alcoholism, obesity, mental illness).
Notable dates
ASL Dates:
April 22, 7:30PM
April 27, 2:00PM
Discussions
There will be a post-show discussion after the performance on April 23 with Nancy Rappaport and after the performance on April 24 with Jill Johnson.
The Shape She Makes was in part developed during residencies at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Theater Institute & The Baryshnikov Arts Center in NYC.
Press
Credits
Creative team
Cast
Michael Balderrama
A.R.T. Debut. Broadway: Soul Doctor (Associate Choerographer), Ghost In the Heights, Hot Feet, Movin’ Out, Urban Cowboy, Saturday Night. Film/TV: Rock of Ages, Across the Universe, Michael Jackson’s Ghosts, “Academy Awards,” “Sesame Street” (Choreographer). Tour: In the Hegiths (Resident Director/Choreographer), Joseph/Dreamcoat (Associate Choreographer). Co-Founder-R. Evolución Latina, Owner/CEO-Silber Producer/Co-Owner-Last Call Theatricals LLC.
Mary Cavett
A.R.T.: Debut.Theater: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Rockette); Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Smith Street Stage; Romeo & Juliet, CRY HAVOC; Is It Already Dusk?, Irondale Arts Center; ENDURE:A Run Woman Show, Edinburgh Fringe; Love Song, Chester Theater Company. Film/TV: Surrogate Valentine, “Pan Am,” “All My Children.” B.F.A. NYU/Tisch.
Nina Goldman
A.R.T Debut. Broadway: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Swan Lake, Contact, Red Shoes, Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway: Belle Epoque, LCT; A Dybbuk, Public Theater; Bloomergirl, Encore!. Regional/ London: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Edward Scissorhands, The Carman, Great Lakes Theater Festival; The Metamorphosis, Royal Opera House; The National Ballet of Canada. Associate choreographer for 2013 US Tour: The Phantom of the Opera.
Deidre Goodwin
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Chicago (Velma Kelly), A Chorus Line (Shelia Bryant), Nine (Our Lady of the Spa), Jesus Christ Superstar, Rocky Horror Show, Boys from Syracuse, Chita Rivera: The Dancers Life, Never Gonna Dance. Off-Off-Broadway: Silence the Musical. Film: Chicago (June), Every Little Step. Television: “30 Rock” (Deborah).
Seán Martin Hingston
A.R.T. Debut. Broadway: Curtains; Contact; Crazy For You; Promises, Promises. Off-Broadway: The Cocoanuts. Regional: Pirates of Penzance, A Wonderful Life, The Pirate, Yankee Doodle, Long Christmas Ride Home, Evita, The Music of ALW. Film/TV: Across The Universe, The Producers, Beyond the Sea, Center Stage, “Bronx is Burning,” “Sex and the City,” “Law & Order: CI,” “One Life to Live,” “Guiding Light.” www.SeanMartinHingston.com
Benjamin Howes
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Scandalous, Mary Poppins, [title of show]. Off-Broadway: [title of show], Vineyard Theatre; Girl Crazy, Encores!; The Charity That Began At Home, Mint Theatre Company. Regional: Old Globe, Barrington Stage, Pittsburgh Public, Goodspeed, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Milwaukee Rep. Television: “One Life to Live,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Flight Of the Conchords.”
Susan Misner
A.R.T.: Debut. Film credits include: Chicago (for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award), Hope Springs, The Forgotten, Caymen Went, If I Didn’t Care, Mentor, The Hoax, Walking On The Sky (Best Supporting Actress Award, New York, International Independent Film Festival), Tanner Hall, Something’s Gotta Give, Gigantic, Sombody’s Hero. TV credits include: “Nashville,” “Person Of Interest,” “The Good Wife,” “In Treatment,” “Without A Trace,” “Rescue Me,” “The Bronx is Burning.” She currently plays Sandra Beeman on FX’s “The Americans.”
Sydney K. Penny
A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: After The Quake Nominated for Elliot Norton Best Play),Company One;Hurry DownThe Chimney, Boston Actors Theatre; Sarah & Samuel, SLAM Boston; Warmth of Jupiter, Zero Point. Film: Demi Pointe (Boston International Film Festival: Best Picture–Winner).Television/Web: “Teenage Critic” Co-host,“It Could Be Worse” (Jesse).
Jermaine Maurice Spivey
A.R.T.: Debut. Member of Ballet Gulbenkian (Portugal), Cullberg Ballet (Sweden), Hofesh Shechter Company (UK), acclaimed choreographer Crystal Pite’s company, Kidd Pivot (Canada) and most recently guest artist with master choreographer William Forsythe’s The Forsythe Company (Germany). B.F.A. from The Juilliard School.
Finnerty Steeves
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Brighton Beach Memoirs. Off-Broadway: Lost inYonkers; Almost Maine; Marion Bridge. Regional: Boeing-Boeing, Dorset Theater Festival; Absurd Person Singular, Wonder of the World, Barrington Stage; EnchantedApril, ArizonaTheatre Company; The Norman Conquests, Milwaukee Rep; Hedda Gabler, ACT. Film/TV: Delivery Man, Francis Ha, Morning Glory, Away We Go, “The Big C,” “Bored to Death,”“The Sopranos.”
Additional staff
Tara Rubin Casting
Tara Rubin, CSA Eric Woodall, CSA Merri Sugarman, CSA
Lindsay Levine, CSA Kaitlin Shaw, CSA Scott Anderson